my continued addiction with yellow

craig's list has been good to us lately. we are loving our new table and all that space. this weekend, david drove to st louis to pick up a credenza that is quite nice. while he was there buying it from jack nicholson in sweat pants (the dude's email is retrovampire if that helps you visualize things) david spotted this table and chairs and in his infinite wisdom thought it would be a good idea to bring them home too. we ALL love them, for various reasons i am sure. me mostly because they are yellow and i am addicted to the color. but it is quite nice for the kids, our old table only had two chairs, so now both girls can sit and watch eliot play video games online. good sibling bonding time. some more yellow things that i am loving:
the couch of my dreams.
everything about this picture and wishing that blouse were a part of my life.
amy butler's new midwestern modern fabric, particularly this one. oh my.
ordering new sandals for the girls in anticipation of summer. collette has declared that yellow is her favorite color, which i fully support. good thing the twirly skirt for her that i am finishing up today has yellow in it huh?

i also wanted to say thank you for all the well wishing with the polaroid project. i am really excited! i am still on the look out for a good bra and facial products. you guys really are great with all the suggestions. go you!

lucky me

i have been invited to participate in this lovely photo project. go here to sign up for the mailing list. i will share updates here too. yay polaroids!

random

i have a bunch of different projects going, but i didn't want you to have to stare at arlo's dress for the next few weeks. i stenciled a tshirt for my brother but i can't seem to get him to come over during the day to take a picture. doesn't he realize how important this is!!?? i need documentation! anyway, moving on. i have a bunch of random questions that i thought i would solicit general imput for. because, i pretty much always have a bunch of random questions bumping around in my head. here it goes:
1. what sort of face soap do you use? i am feeling bored with mine.
2. what sort of body lotion do you use? same reason.
3. any good new music bouncing around out there?
4. what is your favorite bra? should i really dump a bunch of money into a good one? i know, i am pretty sure you will all say yes to this, but man. it stinks to spend the money. my vs bra just gave out, and i picked up one on sale from gap that sucks.
i could go on and on with this list, but really this is already getting boring. instead, did you see melissa's quilt? dang.

*thank you so much jennifer for reminding me about vampire weekend. i saw them on snl a few weeks ago and LOVED them. the song in the second video is just giving me fits right now. bought the album on itunes last night. i could squeeze their little stick thin bodies, the cd is so good. also, finally got david to burn a copy of back to black/amy winehouse for me to have at work. loving that too, but not new. AND i poked around the bra section at target today but didn't have too much time. not loving anything, but found a few maybes for a quick $10 fix. i will spend some more time on this and let you know what i find out. and all the face wash and lotion suggestions are good too. i could spend hours in those isles. you people are so smart!

again, but more professional

in anticipation that someday summer will come back to kansas city, i made a new dress for arlo. i trotted out the trusty simplicity 4206 pattern once again, with a few modifications. i lengthened the sleeves about two inches and added about 8 inches in length to the bottom of the pattern to end up with a dress instead of a top. i took my time, my recurring lesson in self discipline, and even finished the seams all professional like with the serger. after putting the needle through my fingernail the last time i messed with the serger, i was a little wary. but, i had a snack, took a deep breath, made sure there was lots of light, and tackled the job of changing to grey thread and rethreading the whole thing. easy peasy!

the fabric is some japanese import linen i got online that i love. after falling in love with the double gauze fabric from reprodepot for the front door, i started thinking about what i could accomplish with a yard of fabric and tiny daughters. i mean, your average fabric runs $9 a yard. $9 for a cute sun dress?? i will totally pay that instead of some impulse buy from old navy. so i took some time to look online for a couple prints for each girl and i am set for the summer. excellent. also excellent is the fabric buying guide that sarah posted today. hopefully the next step is what can i accomplish with two yards of fabric for myself. lucky me, jenny lives really close and she actually lets me pick her brain about sewing. i am having visions of the perfect summer dress, wiksten style.

resolutions

one of my resolutions this year was to not buy more art until i framed what i have. i already broke it. but, the good part is that i am working on it. kristen gave me this print last year for my birthday with the girls room in mind. it is by artist ashley g from st louis. and i love it. so do the girls. thank you kristen, spot on my friend. i finally took it in last week, and now it has a place at home.

now, i cant really be responsible for the time frame on this one. i had no idea it would be four years in the making. while i was pregnant with eliot i read somewhere that you could bring paper and ask for an extra set of footprints while they were doing their thing with the birth certificate. i was all over this. i think i asked david a million times if he had the watercolor pad while we were on the way to the hospital. crazy i know. i also insisted on balancing the checkbook before we left, but thats another story. anyway, so fast forward to now and here i find myself with three sets of lovely footprints. and lots of smiles. it is so nice to have these things out to enjoy. it really is. i know framing can be expensive. my friend beth tipped me off to a fantastic frame shop just down the street. thank you beth! i hope to have something else framed every few months or so, and then i can start worrying about my lack of wall space. it's always something, isn't it?

calling all polaroids

so if you're taking polaroids and uploading them to flickr, then that means you've scanned them. and if you've scanned them, that means you best be emailing them to john. like now. um, because you could get free money for shoes. and you've seen the shoes john and kristen are selling. so yeah. email them. it will be good for everyone. i promise.